To get off the Sam Adams thing for a bit . . .

Twenty-five people at the heart of the meltdown ...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jan/26/road-ruin-recession-individuals-e conomy

This is an interesting article on the global economic meltdown as seen from the UK, and yup, Americans are to blame for most of it.

Here's the #1 offender:

Alan Greenspan, chairman of US Federal Reserve 1987- 2006
Only a couple of years ago the long-serving chairman of the Fed, a committed free marketeer who had steered the US economy through crises ranging from the 1987 stockmarket collapse through to the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, was lauded with star status, named the "oracle" and "the maestro". Now he is viewed as one of those most culpable for the crisis. . . (more)